"Jensen Huang said Nvidia will keep sponsoring H-1B employees, but Trump's new $100,000 fee means the company may have to shell out millions more to keep doing so. Nvidia would have to pay an estimated $147.3 million if President Donald Trump's newest fee applied to the H-1B visaholders the company got approved in 2025, according to a calculation based on data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The new $100,000 fee applies only to new H-1B visa applicants and not to those renewing their visas or current visaholders."
"Huang, who was born in Taiwan and came to the U.S. as a child, previously spoke positively about President Trump on the new H-1B visa changes, but has recently criticized some parts of the effort. While Huang has always been pro-immigration, he previously said he was "glad to see" Trump sign the executive order that levied the new H-1B visa fee. After his initially positive response, Huang noted in a podcast interview last month that while the new fee eliminates abuses of the visa system, the $100,000 fee "probably sets the bar a little too high.""
Nvidia will continue sponsoring H-1B employees despite a newly announced $100,000 fee that could raise corporate immigration costs substantially. An estimate using USCIS data indicates roughly $147.3 million in additional payments if the fee applied to the H-1B approvals obtained in 2025. The surcharge applies only to new H-1B applicants and not to renewals or current visa holders. The new fee is a large increase from the prior $2,000–$5,000 per applicant range. Other major tech employers such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta had more H-1B approvals in 2025.
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